Livy's Political Philosophy: Power and Personality in Early Rome - Brossura

Vasaly, Ann

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ISBN 10: 1107667941 ISBN 13: 9781107667945

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2018

Riassunto

This volume explores the political implications of the first five books of Livy's celebrated history of Rome, challenging the common perception of the author as an apolitical moralist. Ann Vasaly argues that Livy intended to convey through the narration of particular events crucial lessons about the interaction of power and personality, including the personality of the Roman people as a whole. These lessons demonstrate the means by which the Roman republic flourished in the distant past and by which it might be revived in Livy's own corrupt time. Written at the precise moment when Augustus' imperial autocracy was replacing the republican system that had existed in Rome for almost 500 years, the stories of the first pentad offer invaluable insight into how republics and monarchies work. Vasaly's innovative study furthers the integration in recent scholarship of the literary brilliance of Livy's text and the seriousness of its purpose.

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Challenging the common perception of Livy as an apolitical moralist, this book explores the political implications of the first pentad of his history of Rome. Ann Vasaly argues that Livy intended to convey crucial lessons about how the Roman republic flourished in the past and how it could be revived.

L'autore:

Ann Vasaly is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Boston University. She is the author of Representations: Images of the World in Ciceronian Oratory (1993).

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1107667941
• ISBN 13: 9781107667945
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 222